Wondering what to do for National Ladder Safety Month in March? Take a look at this year’s themes and webinars.
What measures should employers and workers take to stay safe around holes?
Among the violations is one for not having “an adequate fall protection system.”
The meeting will be open to the public in person and virtually.
Siteworks Inc. faces proposed penalties of $85,005 following the inspections.
Before these citations, two workers died from falls, one in 2019 and one more recently in 2022.
Each contractor faces at least one serious citation.
The new citations come with a proposed penalty of $584,333.
Incidents involving cranes led to over 400 nonfatal injuries in 2020.
Episode 183
In this episode, Sydny Shepard says farewell and ushers in a new era of editorial leadership for Occupational Health & Safety.
Working extended or irregular shifts can lead to problems for workers, but there are ways employers can make their jobs safer.
More than 370 workers lost their lives to trench-related incidents from 2003 to 2017.
Between 2003 and 2010, 2,210 construction workers died due to a traumatic brain injury.
The data include information on gender, event or exposure, job and more.
The contractor now faces citations for five violations and $300,144 in proposed penalties.
The construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates by population for males.
“What I will say is one death is a death too many. Plain and simple,” Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy Hassan Al-Thawadi said in an interview with Piers Morgan.
Episode 177
In this episode, Editor Sydny Shepard takes a look at what is in store for the safety and health industry in the future.
The collapse caused one worker to lose their legs and two others to be injured.
OSHA cited the company for four willful and two serious violations and proposed penalties totaling $137,196.